Deputies in Polk County, working with the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Department of Health, have arrested a weight loss clinic employee who has reportedly posed as a registered nurse and performing medical procedures without the proper medical degrees.

Jesusadelaida "Jesse" Lopez, 39, of Winter Haven, has been charged with six counts of unlicensed practice of health care.

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Lopez worked at the Dr. Drop It Like It's Hot weight loss clinic located at 6356 Cypress Gardens Boulevard in Winter Haven. While working with a licensed medical doctor, Lopez performed medical procedures herself and portrayed herself as a registered nurse, according to deputies.

The Ledger reports Lopez had performed procedures such as the "vampire facelift," in which blood is drawn from one part of the body, the plasma is removed and then injected into the face.

Photos on her social media page showed her handling syringes and scalpels. Video showed her using lasers on patients and using a scalpel to remove a mole from a patient's neck.

Lopez does not hold any medical degrees.

"She said she’s an RN," Sheriff Grady Judd said at a Tuesday news conference. "I call her a 'CRN.' CRN is ‘criminal right now.'"

Dr. S. Kamal Ashraf, M.D. was also arrested on one count of knowingly employing unlicensed persons in the practice of nursing.

Employees who work in the High Pointe Plaza, where the fraudulent clinic is located, say they knew something was off.

“You think it’s kind of fake,” Jenny Buchanan said. She works with Edward Jones, next door to the office, and said just looking at the name, Dr. Drop It Like It’s Hot, seemed like a joke.

According to witnesses, the business has been in operation for about one year.

Buchanan said she would see a lot of patients go in daily, who seemed to be older.

“You do think somebody is putting other people in danger and that bothers me,” Buchanan said.

Judd said the investigation was launched in April.

“This is a fake place and people have been taken advantage of,” Judd said.

Those people include law enforcement, Judd claims.

ABC Action News found a picture of Jesse Lopez smiling with the sheriff — which was just posted on Facebook about six weeks ago.

Judd said no one has complained of any procedures gone wrong.

“Oh my gosh, I am going to be checking out everything about any new doctor that I go to see now. It really does make you think twice,” Buchanan said.

The office was also handing out medical marijuana cards, which is also under investigation.